Help With Serial Number Phantom / Panther?

[Schwinn lover]

Guys, I have a Schwinn bike ,,, I believe is a Phantom can anyone help on the year?

The stamped Number is C26025 Referencing the Schwinn numbers is it 1952,1953,or 1957

 

[Schwinn lover]

Here are a few pictures

 

[2jakes]

Guys, I have a Schwinn bike ,,, I believe is a Phantom can anyone help on the year?

The stamped Number is C26025 Referencing the Schwinn numbers is it 1952,1953,or 1957

Check.... Schwinn serial number lookup tool

 

[Schwinn lover]

I can see why you have listed ’52, ’53 & ’57.
Not sure if I will get a reply, but I put the question online to a guy who was explaining the various locations for the
serial numbers. Hopefully he can tell me why Schwinn has the same listing for C in ’52, ’53 & ’57.

I also went to the link below, but there was no listing for C26025.
Schwinn serial number lookup tool

I have a phantom & this is what came up when I entered my serial number.

Looks like I have the choice on which year I want it to be!

btw: Cool badge!

Yeah, I believe it's a Phantom,,, but someone put a panther chain guard on it

 

[rollfaster]

Definetly a phantom. If you get a correct guard I'd be interested in that one

 

[2jakes]

Yeah, I believe it's a Phantom,,, but someone put a panther chain guard on it

It’s a Phantom !
I photo-cropped my Phantom chain-guard over yours & the only major difference is the word “Panther” !

Nice !

 

[GTs58]

Unless you get lucky and find a date code on the crank or the hub, you'll probably have to live with a Phantom that was born twice. I can say for sure it's not a 57.

5/22-29/1952
10/23-30/1953

 

[greenephantom]

I'm pretty sure by '53 they had switched over to oval badges all around. Odds are your Phantom is a '52. With the guard, heck, I'd just leave it, the color scheme is correct and the patina is likely similar to the rest of the bike. Not that you asked, but since the rust is pretty deep and won't clean up that well, I'd be inclined to leave it rough, toss a weathered lens into the light, ditch the basket, re-grease all the bearings, toss some fast modern tires on there and ride the hell out of it.
Cheers, Geoff

 

[Freqman1]

I'm pretty sure by '53 they had switched over to oval badges all around. Odds are your Phantom is a '52. With the guard, heck, I'd just leave it, the color scheme is correct and the patina is likely similar to the rest of the bike. Not that you asked, but since the rust is pretty deep and won't clean up that well, I'd be inclined to leave it rough, toss a weathered lens into the light, ditch the basket, re-grease all the bearings, toss some fast modern tires on there and ride the hell out of it.
Cheers, Geoff

x2 what he done said! V/r Shawn

 

[Schwinn lover]

Thanks guys! I 'm not sure what plan to do just yet,,,, but I will post more pictures of it soon.